Ernst sgharff



(No Model.) B. SCHARI'P.

RAZOR..

No. 590,168. Patented Sept. 14,1897.

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llNrrED STATES ATENT Urtica vERNST SCI-IARFF, OF FRANKFORT-ON-TIIE-MAIN,GERMANY.

RAZOR,

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 590,168, datedSeptember 14, 1897. Application filed April 15, 1897. Serial No.632,269. (No model.)

To a/ZZ whom it may cancer.-

Be it known that I, ERNST SCHARFF, manufacturer, ofFrankfort-on-the-Main, in the Kingdom of Prussia, Germany, have inventednew and useful Improvements in Razors, of Which the following is aspecification.

The handling of a razor is for many persons too dilficult because thethin tongue of the blade where'it is held during shaving, especially inthe small kind of razors in use since recent times, does not allow agood sup- A single reinforcement forming a shoulder behind the edgeWould be troublesome for the honing, and the supporting-surfaces to beestablished ought not to inj ure in any manner the careful honing. Theobject of my invention is to provide for larger supporting-surfaces forthe fingers and by this means to facilitate the correct holding of therazor without impairing the instrument With regard to honing.

It consists in a case pivotally fitted on the 'tongue of the blade ofsuch a shape as to have larger surfaces a b on the back and the underside of the tongue, suflicient to serve as a sure support of thefingers. The case is provided with an arm, the end of which is rotatablyheld by a pin, Which connects the blade and handle of the razor.However, the case can be made shorter than shown by the drawings, andthen Would have only to be sprung upon the tongue or be fixed in someother Way and in order to enable anybody skilled in. the art to carryout my invention I have affixed drawings.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of such a case; Fig. 2, a cross-sectionof the case with the supporting-surfaces a and b Z), mentioned above,drawn on line 2 2 of Fig. 3; Fig. 3, an elevation of a razor fitted withthe case; Fig. 4, a top view of the razor With the case.

The latter is riveted, together with the handle, at the center of motionin such a manner that the surface mis at the under side of the tongueand forins a support for the thumb. If the case is riveted in such a waythat its closed side and surface a come on the back of the tongue, itWould become somewhat troublesome for the honing.

The case is made of sheet metal bent in correspondence to the section ofthe tongue. The one supporting-surface a for the fingers is formed bypunching and bending two curved ears on both sides of the back and theother supporting-surface b b is formed by overturning the edges of thesheet metal. The case also can be manufactured of hard rubber,celluloid, or other material, and receives then a similar shapecorresponding to the material.

Vhat I claim, and desire to ters Patent, is the following:

A case adapted to be fixed on the tongue of a razor having upper andunder fingersupporting surfaces broader than the thickness of the tonguesubstantially as described. In testimony Whereof I have signed my nameto this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

ERNST SCHARFF.

secure by etl/Vitnesses :4

CONRAD Mnnz, FERDINAND PABsT.

